Monday, March 24, 2008

Bottomless Lakes State Park, Roswell, NM





We arrived at the Bottomless Lakes SP near Roswell, NM on Friday afternoon. Did our shopping in Roswell on the way here. Roswell is best known for the mysterious crash landing of a flying saucer in 1947. Roswell has turned what the military calls the “Roswell Incident” into a major tourist attraction.

We have a wonderful camp site right on the largest lake in the State Park. The lake is spring fed and about 90’ deep. Legend has it that a group of cowboys were camped here in the 1800’s. The wanted to see how deep the lake was so they tied all their lariats together, tied the rope to a rock and threw it in the lake. The rock never hit bottom so they called it a bottomless lake.

Dogs are allowed off leash in certain parts of the lake. Gopher has had the most wonderful time swimming. We originally planned to stay here for Friday & Saturday, but just paid for Sunday & Monday as well. When Gopher and I made our trip out here in 2005, we stayed here. Forgot just how nice it was.

The weather is just perfect. Low 80’s during the day, high 30’s at night.

I called Lazy Daze on Friday to find out the status of our order. Our new LD will be ready for pickup on April 24. Called Steve & Carol Crisp who are buying our 2000 LD; they were as happy as we were to finally have a firm date. They will fly to LA on the 23rd to pick up their new-to-them Lazy Daze.

On Saturday morning we all took a nice walk on a multi-use trail that runs for 3 or 4 miles. Saw a ferret today. The campground host said it escaped from an RV some time ago but seems to have adapted well to the environment. As long as the hawks don’t get it.

Woke up Sunday to 45*. A cold & grey day. Misty rain. Carol stayed bundled up all day. Never did go outside. Tonight it’s supposed to get down to 35*. Gopher & Took a few nice walks.

On Tuesday morning we left for Sumner Lake SP near Ft. Sumner. Did laundry in Roswell then grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. Arrived at Sumner Lake about 2:30. The drive was through some of the most barren territory yet. Miles & miles of flat, open, treeless land. Saw the occasional antelope & cow, and on the rare occasion, another